Chapter 117 116: Hive Lord Steps Toward Corpse Slaughter
Upon its back, bulges slowly rose higher, as if something were about to be born from within.
"Pop—!"
A massive, forest-white human skeletal arm broke through the confinement of a bulge, carrying purple-black flesh as it suddenly drilled out.
The hand connected to the arm curled into a claw, but compared to human skeletal hands, these bones were twisted into the shape of dragon claws, as if meant to tear through the firmament.
They formed a row, extending from the spine to the tip of the tail, creating a massive and spectacular skeletal dorsal fin.
Across its entire body, over the purple-black flesh, grew countless white human skeletal hands; they covered the flesh in dense, overlapping layers, forming bone scales constructed from palms.
The unfurled wingspan exceeded 80 meters, and the wing membrane was not skin, but a patchwork of countless human faces stretched and fused together, their expressions frozen in extreme pain and madness!
The eye sockets of these faces were hollow, yet they seemed to be screaming silently; with the slight vibration of the dragon wings, ten million mouths seemed to open and close in synchronization.
Its head was even more deformed, appearing as a product of forcibly merging a Tyrannosaurus Rex skull, the horns of Oni from Japanese mythology, and countless human skeletons.
In the massive eye sockets, there were no eyeballs, but rather human eyes squeezed together like compound eyes!
The pupils of these eyes were scattered, reflecting the fire and blood-red hue of Tokyo; they turned in unison, instantly locking onto Lilith atop the distant skyscraper!
"Roar—!!!"
A roar that could not be categorized as any known creature rang out!
This roar was a mixture of a dragon's cry, a ghost's howl, the wails of ten thousand people, and pure oscillations of mad energy; a visible purple-black sonic wave swept outward.
It knocked the monsters in the large area below off balance and caused the glass of buildings to shatter in sheets!
This was the divine body Ghost Prison had forged by sacrificing the souls of tens of millions of Tokyo citizens using Purgatory of All Living Beings and merging them with his own Hive Lord origin—the Myriad Skeleton Mad Dragon!
It lowered its head, its gaze composed of countless compound eyes greedily scanning this body filled with power and deformity.
The writhing of every piece of flesh and the vibration of every bone brought an unparalleled sense of control and a desire for destruction.
It slowly moved its massive, deformed limbs, as if adapting to this new, god-like power.
Finally, it focused all its gazes back onto Lilith.
A voice that mixed the vocal lines of countless men, women, old, and young—harsh and hoarse like metal scraping—rang out from its massive mouth filled with sharp teeth, echoing over the deathly silent Tokyo.
"For the sake of your help in hiding me and buying time..."
"I will allow you to show your strongest form."
"And then, have the honor of becoming the first stepping stone for this perfect divine body to ascend to godhood!"
Lilith listened quietly, her face still devoid of any expression.
Only the blood lightning dancing around her body became increasingly rapid and bright, lighting up the deep night sky.
She slowly raised her right hand, looked at her fair and small palm, and then gently clenched it into a fist.
A thick red blood mist began to emanate from all around her.
"Stepping stone?"
She looked up, and for the first time, her crimson vertical pupils clearly reflected that mass of flesh perched on the ruins of Tokyo Tower, and she grinned.
That look was not one of fear, nor gravity, nor even the focus one has when facing a powerful enemy.
It was a pure interest, like evaluating the freshness of ingredients, sizing up the fat on a prey, or confirming if a toy was durable enough to play with.
"You've misunderstood."
Lilith's voice was very light, yet it seemed to possess a strange penetrating power, clearly entering Ghost Prison's auditory organs composed of countless ears.
"I let you complete your evolution simply because I felt..."
She paused, and the corners of her mouth finally curled into a cold and arrogant arc.
"In your current state, you are finally able to make me... barely get serious."
The moment her words fell, the rooftop of the skyscraper beneath Lilith's feet collapsed inward with a roar, as if being violently grabbed and crushed by an invisible giant hand!
Before the fragments of reinforced concrete could even scatter, they were completely annihilated and crushed by an even more violent and primitive force!
In its place was a sudden explosion of a thick, crimson blood mist that was almost solid!
The blood mist expanded rapidly, and countless crimson, violent electric snakes flickered, intertwined, and exploded wildly, emitting a continuous series of crackling pops!
A tyrannical aura that defied description exploded outward in a spherical shockwave centered on that building!
"Hum—!!!"
The air wailed! The building trembled!
The purple-black baleful energy permeating the city—representing Ghost Prison's mad domain—retreated and fled wildly like a venomous snake meeting its natural predator in the face of this suddenly descending pressure!
They were no longer a churning ocean but a shivering flock of sheep, brutally dispersed and purified by that crimson aura, leaving behind a heart-stopping vacuum zone!
"Chila—!!!"
A sharp sound erupted from the churning, expanding crimson light!
The first thing to pierce the blood mist was a ferocious Wing Blade with edges covered in white Exoskeleton!
It only slightly poked out, yet it made the surrounding air emit a scream as it was sliced.
Immediately after, the entire dragon wing, like a giant blade cleaving through chaos, suddenly fully extended with an unstoppable momentum!
Boom!
Following closely was the other dragon wing; the two wings directly tore apart the crimson blood mist enveloping Lilith.
The moment the wingspan of over fifty meters was fully extended, a gale rapidly swept through the entire rooftop ruins!
At this moment, standing atop the skyscraper ruins was no longer that petite and exquisite Gothic military-uniformed loli.
But a Bloodlust Tyrant standing at the top of the food chain!
"Roar—!!!!!"
It raised its head toward the purple night sky cleared by its pressure and let out its first roar upon arrival!
This roar was not the chaotic, mad screeching of Ghost Prison.
It was deep and vigorous, its sound clearly mixing a beast's roar, an alien's hiss, and a bat's screech!
This was the battle cry of the king of beasts, the declaration of a genetic overlord, and a Tyrant's absolute claim over territory and prey!
Boom—!
A physical crimson soundwave exploded in a ring, completely blowing away the last traces of purple-black baleful energy and dust, clearing a domain that belonged to her.
The silver-white Tyrant slowly turned its dragon head, which was covered by a crown, its four crimson vertical pupils' gaze crossing the spatial barrier.
It accurately and coldly locked onto the deformed beast perched on the ruins of Tokyo Tower, a creature pieced together from countless flesh and bones—the Myriad Skeleton Mad Dragon.
The ferocious corners of the mouth, with the jaw structure belonging to a reptile, slowly grinned open to both sides.
Facing the divine body Ghost Prison had forged using the power of an entire city, Lilith's choice was direct and overbearing.
No maneuvering with skill, no probing with words.
Breaking skill with strength, suppressing madness with violence.
Directly entering the second form—Tyrant!
The silver-white sovereign of slaughter faced off against the purple-black evil god of madness.
At this moment, their auras clashed!
